Tooth decay is generally referred to as caries, and children suffering from caries can be treated with general treatment, medication, surgery and other treatments as prescribed by the doctor.
1. General treatment: For children who do not have dental tissue defects in the early stage of the disease, parents should pay attention to children to develop good oral hygiene habits, learn the correct way of brushing, reasonable use of dental floss, and rinse their mouths in time after meals, etc. Parents should also pay attention to the rationality of children’s diet to control sugar intake and reduce the impact of caries. Parents should also pay attention to the child’s diet reasonableness, control the intake of sugar, reduce the damage to the teeth.
2. Medication: When sealing the grooves and preventive filling in the early stage of caries, fluoride can be used as prescribed by the doctor, such as 75% sodium fluoride glycerin paste and 8% tin fluoride solution. Some children can also cooperate with the doctor to treat caries with silver ammonium fluoride, so as to control the progress of the disease.
3. Surgical treatment: it is suitable for those who have dental tissue defects caused by caries and cannot repair by themselves, and the common surgical methods include amalgam filling, composite resin direct bonding restoration, inlay restoration, and so on.
4. Other treatments: some children in the early stage of the disease, but also according to their own condition with the doctor line remineralization therapy, fissure sealing and other treatments.
Parents are advised to bring their children to regular hospitals for treatment, so as to achieve the ideal treatment effect.